.iserammisummumpammummummanew Have you heard about? "The Club" An Kosher Bites TNIE FlAtA Adult Day Program Bagel chips, bagel chips where can you be? JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER for seniors who need a structured environment Maybe you should. I . I e was the only person in the world who could actually make sense of the dreaded math 1homework He was the guy who never minded pitching you baseball after baseball after baseball, when you missed 90 percent of the time. He was the kind of person who hugged you in the middle of the night after you woke from a nightmare. DETROIT, THE JEWISH NEWS is looking for great photos and memories of you and your dad for our upcoming Father's Day issue. Written submissions should be typed and double- spaced and may be mailed or faxed. Please limit to one page. Photos may be black and white or color, but must be clear. Please include a self- addressed stamped envelope if you would like your photo returned. Send to: Dear Old Dad The Jewish News 27676 Franklin Road Southfield MI 48034 Fax: (810) 354-6069 Submissions will be accepted through May 21. NO PHONE CALLS 0 n the day after Passover, I flew to Poland to cover the Teen Unity Mission. After not eating bread for eight straight days, I was desper- ate. I wanted bread, I needed bread, I craved bread. But because I was running late getting to the airport, I did not have the chance to grab anything to eat, much less a bagel. So when my seat mate, Didi Wainess, offered me some of her bagel chips, I could not resist. I grabbed the bag and stuffed hand- ful after handful of the salty, crunchy treats into my mouth, sa- voring each bite with a groan of pleasure. While delicious for the moment, the chips set off a bagel chips jones that could not be satisfied for Poland not only does not have bagels, it does not have bagel chips. For over a week I craved the treat. As soon as I had a chance to conduct a Kosher Bites taste test, I decided, bagel chips and cream cheese would be it. Upon returning to work, I raced to four area stores. The first said they were out and would have them next week, the second car- ried only two of the Manischewitz line, the third had never heard of them and the fourth carried most of the Manischewitz line but no others. I have one question for the gro- cery stores: What do you think this is, Poland or something? Offer more chips, find more varieties. Although the Manischewitz brand offers a tasty selection, this is a capitalist society. We demand a good bagel chip selection! The four selections we had were all fat free per one ounce serving, had 100 to 110 calories, had 140 to 200 milligrams of sodium. They cost from $1.50 per bag at Kroger — where the best selection was had — to $1.99 at Farmer Jack. The Rating: It is nice to be welcomed back so heartily after a week-long ab- sence. Greetings of "Hello. How was your trip?" were quickly fol- lowed by "When's the next taste test?" And despite Manischewitz's, shall we say, wanting record in the Kosher Bites column, they turned out a good product that the testers devoured. Manischewitz Fat Free Mini Bagel Chips Garlic "I love garlic and they are fat free to boot! Where can I buy these?" — Susie Sherman "Very good — tasty and crunchy." — Burt Chaison. Manischewitz Fat Free Mini Bagel Chips Cinnamon Raisin "These are tasty indeed! I've eaten 30 just standing here." — Elizabeth Applebaum "Great cinnamon-raisin taste with lots of crunch." — Dharlene Norris Manischewitz Fat Free Mini Bagel Chips Rye "Nice rye flavor, good crunch." — Julie Wiener "Good but whoa! Talk about tough to eat! I just had a crown put on too. Are these available in baby food softness?" — Elizabeth Applebaum Manischewitz Fat Free Mini Bagel Chips Everything Vvr-' N t k*kt4 / "Last year's chometz." — Julie Edgar "Not very tasty for a mixture." — Dharlene Norris L Et Kosher Bites is a nonscien- tific, consumer-oriented taste test. Since consumers general- ly do not engage in market re- - search prior to picking products to purdiase, we don't either. We test what grabs us and what is readily Available on grocery market shelves. We offer our honest, maven-driven opinions, as best we can. Please let us know if you have any suggestions for this column. We are willing to try al- most any kosher product for the sake of our readers.